Standing next to Zhang Yu is Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Gaoyang County, who now has no more of his former arrogance and pretentiousness. The Mobei fiasco taught him a lot, the despair when he was trapped in a desperate situation, the determination to fight hard, the joy of surviving in a desperate situation, and the pleasure of indulging in murder. But all this, after he entered the customs, was deeply hidden. He became more calm and self-disciplined, completely relied on military orders in the reorganization of the Uliang Habu, did not treat anyone harshly, and he became more polite and virtuous, treated his father, brother and mother more politely, and also began to study, all of which won the praise of his father and mother, as well as the eldest brother of the prince......

After Zhang Yu put down the binoculars, Zhu Gaoxu said in a low voice: "Shimei, how is it?" ”

"We can't fight, the city is full of cavalry, even if we break through the city gate, it is impossible to completely annihilate the opponent, maybe we will flee most of them, then there is no point."

"But," Zhu Gaoxu thought for a moment and said, "Shimei, can we set up an ambush at Baiyang Bridge to attract Pan Zhong from Mozhou on the other side to come to help, and after the enemy crosses the bridge, cut off its retreat, and then attack with iron cavalry, we can win." ”

"This is indeed a good way, especially since Tyrant Zhao is still in the city, Pan Zhong will definitely come to help, but even if he wins, it doesn't mean much." Speaking of this, Zhang Yu shook his head: "Even if Pan Zhong is defeated, it will only eliminate 30,000 people, and for the imperial court, the biggest problem is Geng Bingwen, who is really determined." ”

"Well, the king of this county understands, but this violent Zhao is really ruthless, and when he enters the city, he sends people to chase and kill, I really don't see that this white-faced scholar is so ruthless."

"Hehe, little prince, most of us martial artists are simple-minded and straightforward; But the literati are different, they laugh in front of Yan Yan, but they turn their faces ruthlessly behind their backs and stab knives. And in the eyes of these literati, we are all rebels, and there is no need to talk about morality. It's just that this violent Zhao, the last general didn't expect that in Beiping, he felt like a dumbfounder, and he didn't expect it to be so insidious. ”

After a pause, Zhang Yu said: "This violent Zhao is a scourge and must be eliminated, in this way, we will deploy 5,000 cavalry around here to prevent it from reaching Zhending, and the last general will feel that he will reach Zhending, I am afraid that there will be variables." Alas, it would be better if he could be killed. ”

"It's not easy to kill him, just now on the way to escort, I slaughtered him with a knife, and I didn't know it, wouldn't it be better?"

"Little prince, this can't work," Zhang Yu said with a wry smile: "He was announced by the imperial court, and the content of the holy decree is to pardon the prince, how can the prince take revenge?" In addition, Princess Ning Guo and General Xu are also there, so it is not suitable to kill him. ”

"Then now that you are in Xiongxian, you can kill it?"

"Of course, in the chaos of the army, there are no eyes for swords and guns, and we can only blame him for his bad life, which has nothing to do with us."

Zhu Gaoxu smiled and turned his head to look at Zhang Yu: "Shimei, I really didn't see it, you have a lot of fancy intestines." ”

"The little prince laughed, the last general has no second thoughts about the prince, and it is all for the sake of the prince's great cause." Zhang Yu snorted, looked around, and diverted the topic.

"Well, the king of this county is just joking, Shimei doesn't have to be nervous."

"Hehe, the last general is not nervous." Zhang Yu observed the left and right and said, "Little prince, let's go." ”

"Okay."

The two quietly descended the mountain and left without alarming anyone in the city.

Definitely.

Zhang Yu and Zhu Gaoxu looked at Zhending City at night in the upper reaches of the Hutuo River, and found that the city was heavily guarded, the two large camps in the east and west were brightly lit, and heavy troops were deployed on both sides of the pontoon bridge in the middle, and there were almost no gaps to take advantage of.

By the morning of the next day, the two finally gave up, and Zhending City did not open except for the south gate, and only opened the door when the scouts rode back and forth, and it was completely an iron bucket array.

Zhang Yu led more than 10,000 cavalry hidden in a valley in Lingshou upstream, let Zhu Gaochu command, this part of the cavalry is mostly Wuliang Habu, skilled in riding and shooting, well-equipped, Zhu Gaochu is also very suitable. Zhang Yu led the guards to rush back to Zhuozhou and join Zhu Di.

When Zhu Di arrived in Zhuozhou with the striker, Zhang Yu had been waiting at the north gate for a long time. Seeing Zhang Yu at the door, Zhu Di hurriedly jumped off the horse, took Zhang Yu's hand, and said eagerly: "How is it?" ”

"Lord Wang," Zhang Yu looked at Zhu Neng and Qiu Fu behind Zhu Di, and laughed: "The big thing is decided, Geng Jun is undisciplined, defeated, and has no enterprising heart. Pan Zhong and Yang Song choke Wu South Road, and they should be broken first. Zhu Di was overjoyed when he heard this, and took Zhang Yu's hand: "Shimei, you have surveyed the enemy camp and made a great contribution, let's go, let's go in and discuss." Zhu Neng and Qiu Fu were also overjoyed and followed King Yan into the city.

When they were seated, Zhu Di immediately withdrew from everyone and said with a serious expression: "Shimei, is Geng Bingwen invincible?" ”

Zhang Yu was stunned and said, "The prince knows? ”

"No, but you said that Geng Bingwen is undisciplined and defeated, then you should seize the opportunity to defeat Geng Bingwen, Yang Song, Pan Zhong and others are naturally scattered, and Shimei has used troops for many years, don't you know the priorities? So the king knew right away that you weren't telling the truth, that's why you asked. ”

Zhu Neng and Qiu Fu were shocked, looked at Zhu Di and Zhang Yu, Zhang Yu left his seat, bowed down and said: "The prince is wise, Shimei has carefully scrutinized the words, but I didn't expect that there are still traces, the prince's holy light is unique, and it can be seen at a glance." There is a lord like the prince, and the last general is fortunate to have three lives, and he is willing to die for the prince! ”

Zhu Neng and Qiu Fu also hurriedly saluted: "I am willing to die for the prince!" ”

Zhu Di hurriedly helped the three of them up, and said: "Haha, with your allegiance, this king is also fortunate to have three lives, come, Shimei, talk about the matter, it can always be solved." ”

"Okay, Lord Wang. At the end of the night before yesterday, the general observed Yang Song in Xiongxian County and Pan Song in Mozhou, which were heavily garrisoned, and although it was not difficult to break them, our army's losses would be very large, and the gains would outweigh the losses. At that time, the general saw that Tyrant Zhao had entered Xiongxian, but this man turned his face ruthlessly and immediately ordered Yang Song to go out of the city to chase down the guards I escorted, but fortunately they had been prepared and escaped. ”

"Then we left, but we left five thousand cavalry, and the last general thought that this tyrannical must be eliminated, otherwise there would be trouble."

"Well, you did the right thing," Zhu Di's face was also ugly: "This king thought he was a tenacious scholar, but he didn't expect him to be a ruthless butcher." This king really regrets not killing him in Beiping. ”

Zhang Yu did not answer, but introduced Geng Bingwen's defense in Zhending, and drew a sketch on the paper, Zhu Di and the others observed it carefully, their faces became more and more ugly, and they were silent and did not speak.

After a long time, Zhu Di muttered: "Shimei, Shihong, Yunzhong, how can you think about how to break the enemy?" ”

Qiu Fu thought for a while and said: "Lord Wang, according to this defensive situation, unless it is besieged for a long time, it is impossible to break through, but the end will be a little strange, this Geng Bingwen is completely defensive, don't you want to attack Beiping?" ”

"Yunzhong, what did you say?" Zhu Di suddenly interrupted Qiu Fu: "You say it again." ”

“？” Qiu Fu was frightened and stammered: "The last general just said, according to this kind of defensive posture, unless it is besieged for a long time, it is impossible to break through, but the last general, a little strange, this Geng Bingwen is completely on the defensive, don't you want to attack Beiping?" Qiu Fu began to stutter, but slowly became fluent.

Zhu Di laughed, patted the table and said: "This king understands, it turns out that the master means this, it's really clever, this king understands." ”

The three of them were stunned, completely unaware of what Zhu Di was talking about.

Zhu Di laughed for a while, only to find that the three of them looked confused, so he stopped and said: "Three, before leaving Beiping, Feng Sheng said to me: 'You can't really attack, Geng Bingwen can't be defeated, you can only outwit it, or break it in the field.'" Later, when the king went to ask the master again, he only said to me eight words: 'Do not be invincible, outwit them.' ’”

The three of them still didn't understand, and Zhu Di didn't continue to explain, but said: "Shimei, have you figured out the main generals of the enemy army?" ”

"Well, I roughly know, the main general Geng Bingwen, this person doesn't need to say much."

"He Fu, the left deputy general, had a poor reputation in his early years, and was the commander of the Jinwu guard. Later, he followed Fu Youde to conquer Yunnan and was promoted to the governor of the former military capital. After that, he stayed in the southwest, led General Pingqiang, made many military exploits, and later entered martial arts, and was transferred to the deputy general of the army last month. ”

"The right deputy general Gu Cheng, in his early years, was a personal soldier before the emperor's account, held the umbrella cover, and later followed the Ping Sichuan, transferred Guizhou, conquered Yunnan, and was promoted to the commander of Guizhou. He guarded Guizhou for more than ten years, admired the seal of General Nan, and quelled hundreds of rebellions. Later, he entered martial arts and was transferred to the deputy general of the army last month. ”

"General Li Jian, a famous princess, is talented and brave, and is in charge of the affairs of the former military governor's office."

"General Geng Xuan, the governor of the Houjun Prefecture, the second son of Geng Bingwen."

"Counselor General Ning Zhong ......"

After listening, Zhu Di thought for a while, and slowly smiled, Geng Bingwen didn't say anything, he was his father's old courtier; Li Jian is his brother-in-law and is very friendly with him; Gu Cheng is his father's personal soldier, he has known him since he was a child, and taught himself martial arts.

Thinking of this, Zhu Di gradually formed a plan in his heart, but it still needs to be improved.

At this moment, a guard knocked on the door: "Lord, there must be a messenger coming." ”

"Oh, please come in!"

The messenger was an officer in his thirties, and he first saluted Zhu Di: "The guerrilla general Zhang Bao was ordered by the general to send a letter to the prince, and asked the prince to take a look." As he spoke, he took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to Zhu Di.

Zhang Yu hurriedly took it first, checked it once, and then handed it to Zhu Di. Zhu Di opened it and read it: "General Zhang has worked hard, you go down, this king has to think about it." ”

Zhang Bao hesitated for a moment, and then he clenched his fists: "The last general has gone north with the prince, and I hope that the prince will think about it clearly, and the last general will retire!" ”